Vermont Organic Farmers

2025 Local Food Access Impact Report

A representative from Champlain Vally Mushrooms stands at his farmers market booth holding Crop Cash coupons

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Vermont Organic Farmers

January 21, 2026

Facing Climate Change Together in the Northeast Kingdom

Participants in the Northeast Kingdom Resilience Project gathered at Joe's Brook Farm for a tour in the fall on 2025 and are pictured walking among the veggie fields with a forested hedgerow in the background

agricultural literacy

farmer services

organic agriculture

technical assistance

Vermont Organic Farmers

January 7, 2026

Does the Organic Certification Process Need an Update?

A farmers hands holding a Vermont Certified Organic seal

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Vermont Organic Farmers

January 6, 2026

Riding Three Horses to Agrarian Justice

A crowd of farmers, farmworkers, and NOFA-VT members at the Middlebury Farmer Day of Action, with a sign reading "May All Be Fed"

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Vermont Organic Farmers

January 7, 2026

By Hand Farm’s Journey: From Idea to Sustainable Business

Laura Xiao of By Hand Farm stands beaming before her fields of flowers

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beginning farmer

technical assistance

Vermont Organic Farmers

January 6, 2026

Navigating the Government Shutdown: Impacts for Farmers and Rural Communities

United States currency and an American Flag laying on a table in the background with small block letters reading "govt shutdown" in the foreground

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Vermont Organic Farmers

October 16, 2025

Farmers Speak Out About Drought Impacts

Jesse Wilber of Lazy Dog Farm chatting with Vermont Senator Steve Heffernan and the NOFA-VT Policy and Advocacy team about the impacts of the severe drought on his organic dairy farm in Orwell

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certified organic

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

Vermont Organic Farmers

October 16, 2025

Stone's Throw Farmstead: Nourishing the Land and Community

Farmers Jessica Purks and Connor Self of Stone's Throw Farmstead stand in the doorway of their new farmstand

beginning farmer

certified organic

farm beginnings

farmer services

farmers markets

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

organic certification

Vermont Organic Farmers

October 2, 2025

Crop Cash PLUS Increases Buying Power for Vermonters at Farmers Markets

Crop Cash PLUS coupons fanned out in front of a farmers market booth of Crop Cash PLUS eligible items including bread and other baked goods from Three Bears Bakery

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farmers markets

Financial assistance

local purchasing

organic agriculture

Vermont Organic Farmers

August 5, 2025

Building Community Through Farming: The Farm Upstream’s Resilience Grant Journey

Farm Upstream farmers Jake, Cory, Tucker, Spencer, and Jacqueline in their high tunnel full of spring greens

business planning

Financial assistance

organic agriculture

Vermont Organic Farmers

July 19, 2025

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